2009

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0333 Wednesday, 24 June 2009
From: Helen Ostovich <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 22 Jun 2009 21:45:54 -0400
Subject: CFP: CHESTER 2010 Reminder
CHESTER 2010: DRAMA AND RELIGION 1555-1575:
A SYMPOSIUM ABOUT THE CHESTER CYCLE IN CONTEXT
ABSTRACTS DUE 15 JULY 2009
Chester 2010 will stage a Catholic version of the complete Chester Cycle
of 23 processional pageant-wagon plays from the city of Chester, England
over three days 21-24 May 2010 on the campus of the University of
Toronto. The new text has been edited by Alexandra Johnston (REED). The
production of the pageants will be shared by PLS and acting companies
from all over North America including both university and community
groups. This version of the Chester Cycle enacts the Christian story
from Creation to Judgment, as we believe it was either witnessed or read
in 1572 by Christopher Goodman, a protestant divine who objected to its
catholic content.
The symposium will be organized for morning and evening sessions around
three afternoon performances: 20-minute papers are invited on any of the
following topics. This list is not exhaustive, the dates under study
approximate, and we particularly encourage new work from graduate
students as well as new or seasoned scholars. Selected papers may be
expanded for publication in a collection of essays on the Chester Cycle.
Abstract due date: 15 July 2009
1. The changing relationship between religion and drama, especially in
the north:
* Tudor interludes or other drama 1555-1575
* concepts of king and state in Chester
* doubt and faith in Chester
2. Chester: the city as performance site:
* processional stagings and civic architecture
* pageant wagons
* God above, Devil below
* intertextuality among pageants themselves, or involving other texts
3. Sound and silence in Chester:
* music
* wordplay
* biblical echoes
* expectations of 1572 audiences
4 Words and pictures:
* the Chester text in relation to Catholic iconography in the
British Isles and on the Continent
* textual revision as a form of Reformation iconoclasm
By 15 July 2009, please send 250-word abstracts and short (1 page) CVs
to all three organizers:
David Klausner, University of Toronto <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Helen Ostovich, McMaster University <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Jennifer Roberts-Smith, University of Waterloo <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Dr H M Ostovich
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Editor, Early Theatre
Professor, English and Cultural Studies
McMaster University
Hamilton ON L8S 4L9
Canada
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